Drawing Over Photos in Procreate - Easy Renovation Concept Sketches

Hey friends, welcome back. In today's video, I want to show you how to draw over a photo to visualize a finished space before it's built. This is something we can use a lot on renovation projects when you're standing in a room that's completely stripped back, walls half open, floors missing, when you know it's really hard for anyone to imagine what the finished result will look like. It's not a final rendering, it's more like a sketch proposal, and it communicates the idea so much faster than any description. And the best part is that it's actually very simple to do. Let me show you. I start by importing a photo directly into Procreate. These are photos taken during a renovation, so the spaces are rough, unfinished, construction site level. Not pretty, but that's the point. Once the photo is imported, I lower its opacity so it becomes a soft guide underneath without competing with what I'm going to draw on top. One thing I like to do is to draw the concept sketch in white, so I need to make the background darker so we can really see the sketch better. For that, let's just add another layer under that one and make it all black. So the photo gives me the perspective, the proportions and the scale, ok? All I have to do now is to draw what goes on it. Then I create a new layer above the photo and I start drawing. You can either start drawing directly now, or we can use Perspective Grid to make it easier for us to draw according to the vanishing points. It's really as you want. In this case, I'm not trying to be precise here. The goal is to capture the atmosphere and the main design intentions, the materials, the furniture, the feeling of the space, quickly and clearly. Remember, this is a sketch, not a technical drawing. I use a simple pen brush for the line work, you can really use any installed Procreate brushes for that. I'm just trying to keep the main line straight and for the rest, we can keep the line loose. One thing you can do is to keep each element on its own layer. This way, if you want to change something or erase something, you can do it without touching the rest of the drawing. What I love about this technique is how fast it is. You're not building anything from scratch. The photo does half the work for you. The perspective is already there. The proportions of the room are already there. You just add the design on top. Showing someone a raw construction site and asking them to imagine the finished result is hard. Showing them a drawing of the finished result, sitting right inside the actual photo of the space they already know, that's something they can feel immediately. It's also a great way to quickly test different directions for a space. Draw one version, duplicate the layer, try something different on a new layer. You can flip between two options in seconds. If you want to go further, you can even render the drawing, add colors, shadows, materials. It's really up to you. It depends on if you want to make it more like an illustration or keeping it like a sketch. So that's it. Import the photo, lower the opacity, draw on top. Simple technique but really useful result. If you want to see more of what you can do with different apps on the iPad as an architect or designer, make sure you are subscribed so you don't miss it. Let me know in the comments if you tried this on your own photos, I would love to see what you make. And if you still have some time, you can check this other video right here and I will see you in the next one. Bye!